Recipe Critique: Oat Saison?

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by MrOH, Sep 15, 2012.

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  1. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    Got a wild hair and came up with this recipe:

    http://hopville.com/recipe/1642757

    Basically, a petite saison made with a large portion of oats, malted, golden naked, and toasted rolled. Going for a cookie-like malt profile with a bit of spicy hopping. The 3725 has a subtle fruit and spice, but it goes more toward malt balance and is pretty clean, so far as farmhouse-type strains go. Golden Promise is just what I've been getting sacks of the past few months, so it's that instead of pilsner, and I figured the biscuit malt would up the toasty flavors of the toasted oats without getting to be too dark. I figured the sterling would work well with the malt and yeast.

    I have a variety of caramel malts, some munich malt, honey, aromatic, melanoidin, brown, chocolate and black malt on hand. Hopwise, I also have willamette, EKG, saphir, centennial, amarillo, citra, pacific gem, and the hops growing along the fence at the culinary school's garden plot a few blocks away, but I would prefer to keep this a single hop brew, unless people feel very strongly about doing that with sterling. Going to the LHBS is not an option. Well, it is, but I don't wanna.

    Any ideas?
     
  2. CASK1

    CASK1 Pundit (951) Jan 7, 2010 Florida

    For me, personally, I like Saisons crisp and dry. I think that much oat would wreck the body and mouthfeel for me. Just my $0.02.
    Cheers!
     
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